Plastics federation attacks regulator for plastic pipe leak claims

摘要

The British Plastics Federation's plastic pipes group has criticised Ofwat, the economic regulator for water and sewerage services in England and Wales, for what it calls 'ill-advised and groundless' comments made about leakage problems with high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes.rnA spokesperson for Ofwat was quoted as saying to Sky News that HDPE pipes can begin to leak not long after they have been installed, 'because the same pressures that act on old pipes, still act on new pipes-namely movements in the earth and changes in temperature'.